Evertb1
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Giving up on the idea that my freenas box should only be a file server I decided to install the PlexMediaServer plugin. I have used the web GUI to install it. However after installation I could not start the plugin.
There were three things I noted:
1) The console output showed timeouts on the URL of the Freenas box: See screenshot2
2) Opening the shell of the jail I got an error on pinging the Freenas box see
Clearly some or other network problem. Looking at the configuration of the jail I noted that the jail had a fixed IP adres (192.168.0.1). I also noted that there was an option to get an IP adres by DHCP. I cleared the field with the fixed IP adres and ticked the DHCP option. A restart of the jale took care of getting a new IP adres. And yes The plugin started ot once and every GUI function related to the jail and the plugin was far more responsive.
I am left with a couple of questions:
Do I need to give the jail a fixed IP adres form my DHCP server?
Why is by default a fixed adres assigned while this lead to problems?i
There were three things I noted:
1) The console output showed timeouts on the URL of the Freenas box: See screenshot2
2) Opening the shell of the jail I got an error on pinging the Freenas box see
Code:
ping: sendto: Network is unreachable
Clearly some or other network problem. Looking at the configuration of the jail I noted that the jail had a fixed IP adres (192.168.0.1). I also noted that there was an option to get an IP adres by DHCP. I cleared the field with the fixed IP adres and ticked the DHCP option. A restart of the jale took care of getting a new IP adres. And yes The plugin started ot once and every GUI function related to the jail and the plugin was far more responsive.
I am left with a couple of questions:
Do I need to give the jail a fixed IP adres form my DHCP server?
Why is by default a fixed adres assigned while this lead to problems?i